{"collection":"Native American","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/nam/ca/dow/dow24.htm","path":"nam/ca/dow/dow24.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/nam/ca/dow/dow24.htm","text":"The Dawn of the World, by C. Hart Merriam, [1910]\nA TALE OF THE NORTHERN MEWUK\nAs told at Wal'-le near the Canyon of Mokelumne River\nPERSONAGES\nNek'-na-k\u0101'-tah the Rock Maiden\nOo-soo'-ma-te the Grizzly Bear\n \n \nClick to enlarge\nAncient Mortar-holes in the Granite Rock\nIN the mountains among the rocks by the river lives Nek'-na-k\u0101'-tah, the little rock girl. She is herself a rock and always lives in rocky places by the river. In some way she produces or gives off people; these people are hard like rocks and you can not cut them or shoot them with an arrow.\nA long time ago Oo-soo'-ma-te the Grizzly Bear and Hoi-yah'-ko the FIRST PEOPLE, made the Chaw'-se or mortar holes in the big flat-topped rocks. Then Nek'-na-k\u0101'-tah the rock maiden came and helped make the Kah-wah'-che or stone pestles for the people to pound acorns with.","title":"The Dawn of the World: Part I: Ancient Myths: Nek'-na-...","type":"page"}